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1. Fall Creek Falls State Park Located just 10 minutes from Hawks Bluff, Fall Creek Falls State Park was named one of the five best state parks in the Southeast by Southern Living magazine. The park is the largest state park in Tennessee and home to the highest waterfall east of the Rockies. There are no park entrance fees for Hawks Bluff owners.
2. Cumberland Mountain State Park
Located in Cookeville, Cumberland Mountain State Park is a 1,720 acre wooded park centered on Cumberland Mountain at an elevation of 2,000 feet.
3. Tennessee Aquarium and IMAX 3D Theater
The world’s largest freshwater aquarium and incredible theater experience located in Chattanooga.
4. Ruby Falls at Lookout Mountain Caverns
Ruby Falls at Lookout Mountain Caverns is a U.S. Historic Landmark with a breathtaking underground 145 foot waterfall.
5. Southern Belle Riverboat
Tours include sightseeing, breakfast, lunch, and dinner cruises.
6. Chattanooga Choo Choo
Experience the “Golden Age of Railroad” and ride the Tennessee Valley Railroad aboard the famous Choo-Choo.
7. Fall Creek Falls Golf Course
Designed by noted course architect Joe Lee, has been selected by Golf Digest as one of the “100 Best Public Places To Play” and honored as one of the top 25 public courses in America.
8. Harrison Bay State Park
Located off of State Highway 58, Harrison Bay State Park is a water recreation delight with one of the most complete marinas on any of the TVA lakes and areas for camping, including waterfront sites.
9. Chattanooga Zoo
An exotic collection of animals from around the world.
10. Tennessee Riverpark
Located at 1101 Amnicola Hwy, Chattanooga, Tennessee 37415. Tel: 423 493 9244
11. The Ocoee River offers whitewater rafting for all skill levels including an Olympic course, as well as tubing, kayaking, and riverside camping.
12. Cumberland County Playhouse
The Cumberland County Playhouse features professional live performances, including Broadway musicals, as well as special films and concerts, located in nearby Crossville.
13. Chattanooga Theatre Center
Chattanooga Theatre Center is one of the oldest community theatres in the country produces a full season of theatre favorites and musicals.
14. Rock City Gardens
Distinctive formations and panoramic views let you see 7 states.
15. Hunter Museum of American Art
The Hunter Museum of American Art is home to the largest and one of the finest collections of American art in the southeastern United States, located in Chattanooga.
16. Booker T. Washington State Park
Located in Chattanooga, Booker T. Washington State Park, is on the shores of the Chickamauga Reservoir and provides boating, fishing, a swimming pool, picnic area and a year-round group lodge.
Shopping
Crossville Outlet Center is home to an impressive array of shops featuring fashion, accessories and more.
Spencer, Sparta and McMinnville are convenient neighboring sources for groceries and local conveniences. Chattanooga, an hour’s drive from Hawks Bluff, features Hamilton Place, Tennessee’s largest shopping mall. Hamilton Place is home to over 200 fabulous stores including Dillard’s, JCPenney, Parisian, Proffitt’s for Women, & Proffitt’s For Men, Kids & Home, and Sears. Add to that 30 delicious eateries and 17 theaters and Hamilton Place is a total shopping experience.
Warehouse Row
Chattanooga is also home to Warehouse Row, one of the area’s most unique outlet centers with 95,000 square feet and 20 outlet shops offering discounts, set in renovated turn-of-the-century railroad warehouses built between 1904 and 1911 that features beautiful hardwood floors, two levels of famous brand name stores, an elegant setting, great food and a convenient downtown Chattanooga location. Close to Atlanta, Nashville, Knoxville, and Birmingham, Warehouse Row is the premier fashion center in the area with merchants like Bass, Nine West, OshKosh B’Gosh, Ralph Lauren, and Tommy Hilfiger.
State Parks and Natural Attractions
South Cumberland Recreation Area
Located near Monteagle, South Cumberland Recreation Area is composed of over 12,400 acres in seven separate areas, five of which are natural areas, with spectacular vistas, waterfalls, and many miles of hiking and backpacking trails.
Burgess Falls State Natural Area
Located on the eastern edge of Tennessee’s Highland Rim in Sparta, Burgess Falls State Natural Area offers a stream-side trail winding below scenic limestone cliffs to the still waters of Center Hill Lake.
Lake Winnepesaukah Amusement Park
Recognized as one of America’s top ten family amusement parks with two roller coasters and more than 30 rides and attractions.
Smoky Mountain National Park
Ridge upon ridge of endless forest straddle the border between North Carolina and Tennessee in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, one of the largest protected areas in the Eastern United States. World renowned for the diversity of its plant and animal life, the beauty of its ancient mountains, the quality of its remnants of Southern Appalachian mountain culture, and the depth and integrity of its wilderness sanctuary, the park attracts over nine million visitors each year. Once a part of the Cherokee homeland, the Smokies today are a hiker’s paradise with over 800 miles of trails.
Over 50 State Parks!
There are more than 50 state parks in Tennessee, each with it’s special charm and appeal. Visit tennessee.gov to review them all!
Historic Sites
Grand Ole Opry
Experience the music originated in America in the “Capital of Country Music”, Nashville.
Gatlinburg/Pigeon Forge
Located in the Great Smoky Mountains, the area offers family entertainment and attractions.
Big Bone Cave
Big Bone Cave is a 400 acre natural area significant for its prehistoric archeological finds as well as artifacts from the War of 1812 and Civil War.
Point Park
Part of the Chickamauga-Chattanooga National Military Park, these grounds commemorate the “Battle Above the Clouds” that was fought on Lookout Mountain in 1863.
Chickamauga-Chattanooga National Military Park
Chickamauga-Chattanooga National Military Park is the oldest and largest military park in the nation, established in 1890 by veterans of both the Union and Confederacy.
Sports
Golf
Bear Trace at Harrison Bay
Bear Trace at Harrison Bay is a Jack Nicklaus Signature course known as “The Best Road Trip in Golf”, and is one of 5 signature courses in Tennessee. There are 25 courses within a reasonable commute of Hawks Bluff!
Wilcox Golf Range Center
Sports camp/clinic located at Shallowford Road, Chattanooga, Tennessee 37416
Brown Acres Golf Course
406 Brown Road, Chattanooga, Tennessee 37411
Tel: 423 855 2680
Concord Golf Club
Radmoor Lane, Chattanooga, Tennessee 37421, United States
Tel: 423 894 4536
Eagle Bluff Golf Course
5808 Clubhouse Drive, Chattanooga, Tennessee 37416
Eastgate Golf Center
5600 Brainerd Road, Chattanooga, Tennessee 37411, United States
Tel: 423 892 5464
Hickory Valley Golf Course
2453 Hickory Valley Drive, Chattanooga, Tennessee 37421, United States
Tel: 423 894 1576
Hiking
Fall Creek Falls
Fall Creek Falls State Park offers a variety of day-use trails. Providing access to some of the park’s loveliest areas, the trails pass into virgin woods, over fast flowing streams, and around awesome gorges and waterfalls. The day-use trails are designed to accommodate recreational and educational activities including fitness walking, leisure walking and easy hiking, or exploring the Parks’ geological features and forest life typical of the Cumberland Plateau.
Hawks Bluff
Hawks Bluff trails pass into protected woods, cool water streams, and beautiful bluffs and waterfalls.
Walnut Street Bridge
Walk over the world’s longest pedestrian bridge in Chattanooga.
Attraction type: Urban park
Fishing
Center Hill Lake is a 64 mile long reservoir with over 400 miles of shoreline and provides some of Tennessee’s best fishing, boating and water skiing. Numerous lakes and rivers throughout the region make the area an angler’s paradise.
Game Hunting
Game hunting in Tennessee is a hunter’s dream plentiful in bear, deer, duck, quail, turkey, and other prey.
Hang Gliding
Fly tandem with a certified instructor and enjoy a breathtaking view of Lookout Mountain.
Equestrian
Stable facilities and riding trails are available in nearby Fall Creek Falls State Park as well as throughout the area.
Auto Racing
NASCAR fans can cheer on their favorite drivers in Nextel Cup, Busch Grand National, and Craftsman Truck Series racing at venues in Bristol, Nashville, and Memphis, and there’s good old Saturday night dirt track racing in Crossville, Baxter, and Kingston.
Football
Enjoy professional football with the Titans in Nashville and college football with the University of Tennessee’s Volunteers in Knoxville. The University of Tennessee Football Hall of Fame is located on the UT campus.
Basketball
The University of Tennessee has both men’s and women’s teams, and Knoxville is the site of the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame.
Baseball
The Class-AA Chattanooga Lookouts, a Los Angeles Dodgers affiliate, make their home at BellSouth Park in Chattanooga and the Tennessee Smokies, affiliated with the St. Louis Cardinals, are in Sevierville.
Culture
Tivoli Theatre
Tivoli Theatre is home to the Chattanooga Symphony and Opera, Ballet Tennessee, and Chattanooga Ballet.
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium is host to some of the hottest Broadway shows and touring concert performances in Chattanooga.
River Gallery
The River Gallery offers some of Chattanooga’s finest displays of art, crafts, and sculpture by local, regional, national and international artists.
